Mourning the 9/11 Victims

Sept. 12, 2017

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To the Editor:

Hearing the names of the 9/11 victims read Monday morning, I was struck by the diversity of surnames and the fact that we mourn for them all, no matter their country of origin. They made their lives here and enriched our city with their multiplicity of cultures, customs and perspectives.

How deeply it adds to today’s collective grief to know that our current federal government no longer makes people who come from afar feel welcome here.